Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-09

This seasons oat crop promises to be
immense in Gadsden county.
Marion county's crop of watermelons
will soon be ready for market.
klssimmee has over S400 in her treas
ury, and less than $50 in warrants out
standing.
The Florida legislature meets in April
aud Will enact laws under the new con
stitution.
The transfer OF real estate by one agent
at Clear Water HarbOr last week amount
ed to $685. 900.
About mile day is the progress be-
Ing made In laying iron on the new Silver
Springs, Ocala and Gulf railroad.
Twenty thousand dollars worth of real
estate has been sold at Orange City since
the NJ. Il. College was located there.
The d. ). o. Z. and A. railway is COM
Dleted to the coast and the event will be
celebrated to-day by an excursion from
Orange City to New Smyrna.
Citizens of Tallahassee have already
subscribed S27,60 In behalf of railroad
connection with the Savannah, Florida
and Western.
Lake Helen is to have a beautiful and
costly depot. The citizens there incur
most OF the expense of the building, the
railroad furnishing only $500.
The proposition to change the name OF
Gainesville to Alachua has been voted
down BY the City Council. The PROPOSE
tiOn Is unpopular with nearly every citi-
zen.
The hotel question should certainly be
kept going in Tampa until 1t is built. The
men are now in the city and the money
ready. Ii Tampa will buy an $4,000 block
the hotel will start at once.
A bridge builder on the B. S. 0. C. and
A. railway, by the name of Henry
Greanswell, received notice last week
that he had fallen heir to $500, goo estate.
He packed up and left Immediately never
to build any more railroad bridges.
The store of Rose & aeadley at st.
Cloud was destroyed by fire Monday
night. The loss amounts to about 81 800
on stock and $500 on building. Fortunate
~ they saved all their books and &C.
counts and about 800 OF stock. In MS
efforts in saving their effects Mr.. Head
ley's clothing caught fire and he was
obliged to jump into the canal to extin-
guish it. They will rebuild at once.
Active work has beon commenced on
the st. johns River, Lake Weir and Gulf
railway in securing the right of way ana
other prelimInaries. Ii is semi-authori-
tatively stated that this line Will run from
Lake George, on the st. Johns, via Kerr
CITY, Grahamville, Lake Weir and thence
to Anclote, in Hillsborough county, on
the Gulf. Prominent New York capital
lists are behind the enterprise with plenty
of cash.
The valuable truck lands at st. Cloud
have been Withdrawn from the market.
Capt. Rose has bought the entire interest
OF the st. Cloud Improvement Company,
and he says ifthese lands are so valuable
TO others they are equally valuable 10
him, and be proposes to keep them, and in
the raising of vegetables and plantation
products make reputation for ST. Clouds
productiveness which will be c0-eXten-
sive with that of Florida.
The sums available for work on Florida
rivers and harbors, Notwithstanding the
failure OF the river and harbor bill, are as
follows: Cedar Key harDor SO, 600, Pensa.
cola harbor 10000, Apalachicola bay
$11 900, Caloosahatcnee river $4,000, st.
John's river $4,000, Suwannee river
$4,000. LaGrsnge bayou $4,000, Manatee
and Peace rivers ST., 1000, Choctawhatchie
river $4,000, Escambia and Conecah
rivers $4,000, inside passage between
Fernandina and ST. Johns $1,000. Volusia
bar $4,000, Withlacoochee $4,000.
The Board OF Trade, of GAINESVILLE, held
q meeting at their rooms Friday, and
among other projects discussed was that
of organizing stock company tor the
erection of q hotel which would be a
credit to the city. During the discussion
OF this subject 1T came out that if the
citizens OF Gainesville would subscribe
$40, 900 of capital stock that other parties
stood ready TO take $4,000 or $50, 900 addi-
tional. This subject excited much in
terest and committee was appointed to
visit the citizens and solicit the taking
OF $4,000 stock.
One of the largest purchases OF land
that has been made around Tavares lately
has been by Hon. Frank Jones. of Ports
n. H., OF the Seals grove, and
lands connected Herewith, comprising
about 10 acres. This property was
owned by Mrs. +. j. Thomas, OF Eufaula,
Ala. The land is situated on Lake Eus.
It's, within the town OF Tavares, and has
an attractive location, comprising about
Dne-half mile OF lake front. Mr.. Jones
announces his purpose OF having the en-
tire property cleared. The purchase is
valued at $4,000.
At call meeting OF the City Council of
. Gainesville, Saturday, City Attorney
Judge j. W. Ashby, was called to ex.
plain the course for the city 10 pursue
against persons who have closed certain
streets in the city. On motion the Mayor
was instructed TO procure the map OF a
survey OF the city of Gainesville made in
he year 1887. The Mayor was further in-
,tructed to proceed, with the aid of the
5ity Attorney, TO dissolve the injunction
He'd against the city by the parties who
,losed the stroete. A motion was passed
which makes i. +. jenkins the recog-
lized City Surveyor. A report was made
y the committee appointed TO confer
With n Board OF Trade committee relative |
o prepsriDg;a now charter for the city Of |
gainesville. The report was accepted, |
nd after slight revision was adopted.
IL is reported That tho old State fair |
rounds at Jacksonville, which were re- |
emily purchased by the Savannah, Flor !
la and Western railway for $l2,750. has |
zen sold to the DIVERS and other New |
orkers, who intend to use IL for race |
rack. a gentleman, who is posted, said:
Il know that one hundred wealthy sport |
ne men In New York have been invited |
o become stockholders at $500 apiece,
md that they all took stock in the new |
concern. II is the object Of these gentle. |
men 10 get that 500, 900 and expend IL i'm |
nediately I'm fixing up the track here and !
an amphltheatre, The club will |
probably be called the New York and
Jacksonville Jockey Club, and IL will be
a big thing for this city. 1 think in a
short while you will begin to see work
men busily engaged Ia liking up the track
30 aa 10 be ready for Ihe fall rAcaaN